GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| replicate | duplicate |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |